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IT’S ELECTION DAY, AMERICA!

Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
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yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:

1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
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The simplest reason why the Trump administration is cutting off SNAP, despite adequate reserves, is that they hate the program and don't care about the people who depend upon it.
They are breaking the law not to provide SNAP while also enforcing the "equal treatment rules" to hurt SNAP users.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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And Med Disadvantage now holds over 50% of total Medicare enrollment.
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As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.

In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
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Paul Babcock is one of thousands of homeless people who rely on a Phoenix mail room that’s losing funding from the U.S. Postal Service.

He’s received mail from Social Security, replacement ID cards and chocolate chip cookies from his mother. “I’ve gotten everything from here,” he said.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance gra...
www.propublica.org
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The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
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Jeffries: "Understand, until Donald Trump tells them what to do, Republicans in the House and Senate are going to be unwilling to find a bipartisan path forward because this version of the Republican Party, they don't work for the American people. They work for Donald Trump."
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ハロウィ~ン🎃
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シム星🚀転生五悠はどうでしょうか!?
異世界転生種族差ラブ
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I'm horribly behind on replies because I'm so, so sick with endometriosis 😭 I will get well and get back to people as soon as I can, but in the meantime here's Smol Paul wearing the curtain as a hat.
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Also let us note that nutrition programs like SNAP were started as a matter of national security after the enormous number of men who were medically unfit for military service in WW1 due to the effects of malnutrition.
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Not only is it going to be a hunger crisis, it's going to be a farm crisis. All those gallons of milk bought from dairy farmers, all the produce, all the on sale ground beef and packs of chicken that are paid for by SNAP are subsidies to farmers who don't qualify for commodities subsidies.
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"Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles."

LOUDER.

Say it louder: Republicans only care about you if you're a wealthy pedophile. Everyone else can suffer.
Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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"Unlike a standard post office, Keys to Change allows people to receive mail without a government ID, a common problem for some who are homeless. This year, Keys to Change will spend about $117,000 to help 7,000 people get their mail. ... [I]t's a 'crucial part' of helping people exit homelessness."
NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.

Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
www.propublica.org
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The US is seeing the largest number of layoffs since 2020, with nearly 1 million people losing their jobs so far this year.
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Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
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Find out how to say it tonight on @thedailyshow.com!
Tonight! Jon Stewart sits down with Zoehan Mendairy ❌ Zoeran Ma'amdanny ❌ Zohran Mamdani ✅
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Dear @barackobama.bsky.social, please consider doing this for the sheer entertainment value.
Honestly at some point you have to start doing psyops with these people:

Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)
Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president

TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
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24 million Americans are about to see their health insurance premiums double.

40 million Americans are about to see their SNAP benefits expire.

But I'm glad to her he's fully focused on his ugly-ass gold ballroom.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Thank you, @beyer.house.gov for leading this effort to help federal employees during this difficult time.

beyer.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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Again, Trump furloughed the nuke admin the day AFTER he decided it was essential for every agency to set up a troll account on Bluesky AND ALSO thought it essential to post a shit post attacking Americans.
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration furloughed a majority of its workforce on Monday as the government shutdown dragged into its third week. It’s the first time since the agency’s creation in 2000 that workers have been furloughed.

via @nevadacurrent.com
Trump’s energy secretary thanks Cortez Masto, pushes Rosen while outlining furloughs in NV
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited the Nevada National Security Site Monday to highlight the shutdown’s impact on the federal agency tasked with managing and modernizing America’s nuclear…
www.newsfromthestates.com
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Trump and his MAGA allies said No Kings Day rallies would be filled with violent ANTIFA members, Marxists, and people who hate America.

I decided to find out for myself.